Plant Euphorbia pulcherrima (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Poinsettia

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA,GAMMA-DIAMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BREIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-2,4,6-TRIENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPI-GERMANICYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICYL-BEHENATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sunscreen	2	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *